Man slapped after proposing with gummy ring at MLB baseball game

If you're going to take the leap and propose to your partner in public, you better be 100 percent certain that it's going to go down well.

That's what one baseball fan forgot to consider before he got down on one knee in front of his girlfriend during a Major League Baseball game this weekend.

Crowds gathered at the Rogers Centre, Toronto to watch the Toronto Blue Jays take on the Boston Red Sox last Sunday (2 October) only to find themselves watching a sweet proposal go horribly wrong right before their eyes.

In footage of the incident, which has already gone viral, the unlucky guy stopped his girlfriend on the steps of the sports grounds to make his grand romantic gesture in front of thousands - only to be met with a swift slap across the face.

And it looked rather painful, too:

Before things went horribly wrong, the love-lorn baseball fan can be seen pulling his girlfriend towards him and kissing her before telling her: "I love you."

As he gets down on one knee, the girlfriend covers her mouth in disbelief as fans look on in delight, and the official camera crew from the stadium rush over the capture the sweet moment.

But, what should have been a romantic moment completely fell to pieces when the guy pulled out a black ring box from his jean pocket - and produced a gummy ring.

As soon as his girlfriend sees the Ring Pop, her excited smile morphs into a frown as she slaps her partner across the face.

Baseball fans nearby can be seen jolting back in horror as they watch the mortifying moment unfold.

"What the f**k is wrong with you?" the upset girlfriend can be heard asking before throwing her drink in his face and storming off.

The video quickly spread across TikTok, Twitter, and Reddit, with people debating over who was in the wrong.

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"Humiliate the one you love in front [of] thousands??" asked one furious viewer. "Should [have] been a real diamond. Run girl! I would [have] done the same. It's called self worth."

But one user countered: "That’s an indication of how the rest of his life would go marrying her... move on dude."

And another agreed: "I get that she didn’t like this, but it’s no reason to slap him across the face. Especially in front of thousands."

Some eagle-eyed viewers have pointed out that it looks like the man in the video was going to propose with a real ring after the prank, after spotting what the outline of another ring-sized box in his other pocket - which would be very unfortunate.

"Looks like the right ring box was in the other pocket!!" one viewer pointed out.

"He had the main ring in his pocket if she can’t get a joke she better not be with you," penned another.

Whether this was about to be a real proposal or not, we're pretty sure it's a moment the fans in that stadium will never forget.